Tim

Tim is an orange ghost that appears in Jr. Pac-Man. Much like Sue in Ms. Pac-Man, he replaces Clyde, and looks virtually identical to both of them.

History

Jr. Pac-Man

Main article: Jr. Pac-Man

Tim first appeared alongside Blinky, Pinky, and Inky in Jr. Pac-Man. His role is identical to Clyde's in the original Pac-Man, and he looks identical to him as well. He starts on the right-hand side of the Ghost Home in the Maze's center, sitting next to Pinky.

While his movements are often described as being "random", Tim's movements are deliberate. Tim actually does directly chase Jr. Pac-Man (exactly the way Blinky does) most of the time; but when he gets within an eight-space radius of Junior, he starts to retreat to the lower-left corner of the maze.

The Sandbox Evolution

Main article: The Sandbox Evolution

After over three decades of absence in the Pac-Man series, Tim makes a return in the Pac-Man DLC for The Sandbox Evolution. Tim was given a complete rework, both visually and behaviorally. He is now colored peach and has dark blue pupils. He also now behaves similar to Funky, except he moves back and forth vertically, rather than horizontally.

Tim was not initially available in the first release of The Sandbox Evolution DLC, being added in a later update.

Trivia

• Tim was reportedly named after Tim Hoskins, the lead programmer of Jr. Pac-Man. It has also been cited that he was named after Tim Curran; the brother of Kevin Curran, who was one of the lead members of General Computer Corporation.
  • This would directly echo Sue's naming scheme, who was reportedly named after Doug Macrae's sister.
• In Jr. Pac-Man, due to the difference in the game's color palette, Tim is a slightly darker shade of orange compared to Clyde or Sue
  • Tim is even darker on the attract screen than he is during gameplay.

    

Gallery

Jr. Pac-Man (note the darker color)

Jr. Pac-Man

Commodore 64 and MS-DOS ports

The Sandbox Evolution